Viral Video Shows Teen Giving Cops Dust (No, Not the Drugs) and It Is a Sight to Behold

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In a video that has racked up more than 230,000 views, a young man in what we think is a Washington, D.C., housing project looked to be cornered by police but ran and jumped over at least five fencesβ€”front-flipping over oneβ€”to make a dramatic and speedy getaway from at least three police officers who were hot on his tail (granted, they didn’t try too, too hard after he took off).

Another angle of the video shows what appears to be two white police officers confronting the young African-American male, with a bystander saying that he’s staying to watch β€œbecause they’re fucking with this man for no reason.”

Shortly after that man uttered those words, the young man was out, to sounds of that man cheeringβ€”as were the other bystandersβ€”because … police in black neighborhoods (many commenters on the posts said, β€œSo glad they didn’t shoot him”).

I was cheering, too.

We’ll update the story if we get more details.

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